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1 South, East, and Southeast Asia 300 B.C.E 1980 C.E.

2 INDIA

3 192. Great Stupa at Sanchi 4 Madhya Pradesh, India Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty c. 300 B.C.E. 100 C.E. Stone Masonry, Sandstone on dome

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5 Dome Height: 54ft Diameter:120ft Theme: Integration of Sculpture and Architecture Religious Spaces

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7 192. Great Stupa at Sanchi North Gate

8 Plan and elevation

9 Shalabhanjika on Eastern Torana (gateway), is the best known sculpture of Sanchi complex. She is an absorbed fertility goddess who is kicking the tree into blossom. She is a yakshi, a female earth spirit, accepted as a symbol of fertility by the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain faiths. She is usually portrayed as a wide hipped, voluptuous woman, who can cause a tree to bear fruit simply by touching it with her foot.

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12 200. Lakshmana Temple As tall as it is long 85ft 4 Khajuraho, India Hindu, Chandella Dynasty c C.E. Sandstone

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14 Theme: Ashlar Masonry Relief

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20 202. Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja) 27in high 22in diameter 1 Hindu; India (Tamil Nadu) Chola Dynasty c. 11 th century C.E. Cast bronze

21 Theme: Sacred Images

22 Other views of Shiva

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24 208. Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings 7in x 5in 1 Bichitr c C.E. Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper

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26 King James I The Artist self portrait Theme: Royalty and Court Western Influence

27 Crouching angels write (in Persian), O Shah, May the Span of Your Life be a Thousand Years,

28 Ottoman Sultan Jahangir and the Shaikh

29 209. Taj Mahal 2 Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor C.E. Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens

30 Outer dome = 145ft high Inner dome = 80ft high Minaret = 40m or 131ft Theme: Buildings with gardens Commemorate Rulers

31 Tomb of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal

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37 CHINA

38 193. Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China 2 Qin Dynasty c B.C.E. Painted terra cotta

39 193. Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China Men = 6ft high Theme: Commemorate Ruler Buried Works

40 For scale purposes

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43 194. Funeral Banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui) 1 6ft 8in long 3ft wide at top 1ft 7in wide at bottom Han Dynasty, China c. 180 B.C.E. Painted Silk

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46 The monsters that hold up the floor of the world/ceiling of the underworld are keeping her out of the underworld and ensure her placement in heaven.

47 Theme: Textiles Funerary Materials

48 195. Longmen caves 3 Luoyang, China Tang Dynasty C.E. Limestone

49 195. Longmen caves Bodhisattvas approx. 45 feet Theme: Sacred Images Large Outdoor Sculpture

50 55ft tall Fengxian Temple

51 Crazy Facts Caves stretch for over a mile on both sides of the river There are over 2,300 caves More than 110,000 Buddha statues More than 60 stupas More than 2,800 steles

52 Pentad Central Binyang Cave

53 Vairocana Buddha More Serene Softer expressions Rounder lines 55ft tall

54 201. Travelers among Mountains and Streams 6ft 10in long 3ft 4 in wide 1 Fan Kuan c C.E. Ink and colors on silk

55 Mount Cuihua Theme: Landscape

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59 A thousand years ago during China s Sung dynasty the artist, Fan Kuan painted the quintessential mountain landscape, an oil on silk. He framed a small waterfall at the bottom of the mountains. The falls bounce in steps to a stream below

60 204. The David Vases 2ft high 8in wide 1 Yuan Dynasty, China 1351 C.E. White porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze

61 Theme: Ceramics Animals on Art

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64 206. Forbidden City 180 acre complex 26ft high wall Moat = 20ft deep, 171ft wide 5 Gate of Divine Prowess 101ft Beijing, China Ming Dynasty 15 th century C.E. and later Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood and ceramic tile.

65 Theme: Centers of Power

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70 Front Gate Meridian Gate One of the 4 main entrances 125ft high

71 Hall of Supreme Harmony 98ft above the square 115ft high 210ft wide 121ft long

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73 Golden Waters 5 Bridges

74 212. Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan 30in high x 22in wide 1 Artist unknown; based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua c.1969 C.E. Color lithograph

75 Theme: Portrait Western Influence

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77 In autumn 1921 Chairman Mao went to Anyuan and personally lit the flames of revolution at Anyuan

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